Tired of hassling with stutters and lousy frame rates in FS9, and don't want to spend 3 grand on a new computer that is no gaurantee to run FS9 without problems? Then liberate yourself by selecting "simple clouds" in the FS9/Display/weather drop-down menu, and watch your frame rates DOUBLE! No kidding, you just have to live without the graphic (admittedly nice)cloud textures in FS9, though since I mostly fly airliners IFR, the performance boost more than compensates for the graphics sacrifice. Use the other clouds for screenshots, and use the simple clouds when you want to fly! Simming and hand flying is fun again. Enjoy!http://www.2decker.com/media/solent1-2.JPGAlex ChristoffN562ZBaltimore, MD

In various tests I found out that it's not this or that switch which gives you more frames, i.e. one time it's disabling AI, the other time it's disabling ground shadows for building, and another time it's setting the scenery slider all the way to the left.So, I purchased TweakFPS to leverage me from the task of editing the fs9.cfg file again and again.In short: setting ALL options to minimum (even the terrain_vertex_level and other terrain_ settings) gives you FANTASTIC framerates! BUT: at the expense of visual details, of course.So, I purchased all new hardware, because I like to have many frames (I'm a hand-flying addict; nothing better to get the Ariane 737NG down by hand in CAT IIIc with strong winds, gusts and turbulences...; I know, that's not normal (no hand-flying in CAT III), but who cares? I like this!) AND good visuals at THE SAME time. Only way to achieve this: expensive hardware, that's the sad point.Andreas